Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 May 1998 17:33:05 -0100 | From | André Derrick Balsa <> | Subject | To Bogomips or not to Bogomips? |
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Hi Pavel,
Pavel Machek wrote: > ... > No. Please show bogomips every time: we are not interested how fast > cpu clock is, we are interested how fast it performs. And bogomips > indicator already shown few performance leaks to me (like L1 cache > off), which would be undetected by MHz rating as MHz do not depend on > L1 setting. > > > Bogomips should be kept internally because there is kernel code that > > still depends on it for accurate timing, I think. Reporting it in > > /proc/cpuinfo is another issue, IMHO. > > Please keep it. If someone wants to know MHz, get that userland > utility. But keep bogomips in kernel.
Bogomips will still be reported every time at kernel boot time. If anybody wants to check it, just do "dmesg".
Cheers, ------------------------ André Balsa andrebalsa@altern.org
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